I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Blacksburg, VA) in Mar 2012
Interview
I interviewed on campus with Microsoft. It was a 30 minute interview. About one half of the interview was a programming based question and the other half was generic interview questions. For the programming question, you were given a question and asked to solve it by writing code on a notepad. Questions and discussion were encouraged throughout the process. Be prepared to ask questions in the final stages of the interview about the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given an array with a null value on each end of the array. The array is populated with a random string (for instance "aabbca"). You must integrate through the array from each end and count the number of specific characters in the array.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.